New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-05-21
RVS WICKED TO BLASPHEME.
u1r1Aw roRBIDs 1T IN NEw-JERsEY..

AMI AA@< -------
,o,na WOUND GUILTY, DESPITE ooi- A''"''
ShfNo Us pIooUgNcE, AND FINED $2o.
rngcrsor and Charles b. Reynolds were carry
r,o.rtstown courtroom yesterday. Inc 0oiohe'
" aooomnanied by his wife and daughter "ho' VIII"
We, ""s o.hor ladies. took seats in the gallery
a come down." said Mr. Reynolds WHO appe"'eu =" ~
in good spirits ,,,s . obearily chirr,,ped Colonel
ics, "a the girls came along and seated them
hs' sn stairs The general public filled up 'he
,.,rr, Members OF the bar and other pri'neseu
s.ors crowded within the rail- The ladies oi VI.
5puton Liberal League again smiled iro' '"o iio"'
rar and presently there was scarcely STANDING ioon
AZ hafpast Judge Chiids was III MS pla.e'
- Monsoon on his right hand. Soon rrosecu',n III,
'"eo cutler sauntered in and began chatting anaoy
~, 49, ,ooaer OF the opposition. Next Judge Qulmpy
...d rnder big straw hat When ne emerseu iroih
,a,h n the court prelimnarles were eo' o'oi'
looked nj the clock, braced himself ana pre-
go for action When he had deHterouSy s"iu'' Hi"
,a,, into the stream of the debate ne SAUL
sell in'o ' oosa of This kind never up before
Inc sste teses to the liberation OF the people o,
~ The fact that the satte Is on ene ooo Mrs
all only and savagery Of England II Is too late
OF ,he aaS to enforce law like this 1t has Deen evoked
from rs long ssn6 sI What biasphemy What is
prsyeri What is worship ,orm of Worship. He Who
good nOf Ss sm of human Joy Is worshpPer ne %ho
adds TO the sum Of human misery shall no he Abridged
Constitution ssys biasphemy unconstitutional, be-
cause you give it the meaning EVEN under this law
admiins il to be law and ma 1ae
charged IN did not amount S TO
he aae OF the United statesthat nag under wn,ch mas
been shed the Gye sse tsg maintained by washing
ron Jefferson, Franklin Lincoln the nag under %9 IN
Newersy has poured her pe fr pSs Tgbf of
stand before jury pie""ihe Aoi '"'
liberty OF speech 49,,
A. the Colonel sat down there was hum Of admira-
,ion Prosecutor Cutler asked for conviction on the
ronnd that the facts of the uncontradicted
ht II was the facts alone in connection with the law,
with which the jury had 10 deal aud that IL was not
their province to pass upon the uneonsutuuonay OF
pearance on the witness stand. ,,. -,
Judge Chlds charged the jury. Having complimented
+be counsel for the defence mis- oraory he told the
iry that the law about basphemy was as much law as
ever and had in fact been practically reenscted
The question whether it was right law or constitu-
tiOn. law but whether the defendant had violated it.
The defence asked the court to instruct the jury that
the law was unconstitutional that did mot cover the
distribution Of words or pamphlets but only words rus
words quoted in the Indictment and no picture or any
thing else in the pamphlet a iha e ey ws se n the inc
dcment were not within the meaning OF the law plas
that 4 the 5 dG hS5 Se 1G ea
ant not guilty and that the jury had no right to draw
presumption or inference against the h ,sIrd
only allowed but the jury were permitted to take
full TSpy S5 as attorney dvercd the and
the Judge the the prosecution" whispered Mr.
REYNOLDS, as they filed out ~,
They were absent about hour when word came that
they had agreed -, mil,
We find the defendant guilty. So say we ALL" This
was their verdict through their foreman.
The prosecuting attorney had gone out ana after some
delay and Judge Childs pronounced sentence In
his absence The Judgment of the court said he TO the
defendant that you pay the sum OF $5 and the costs
of the prosecution, or stand committed I'LL sum Is
1t was roughly estimated that the fine with the costs
would amount TO about 500. Colonel Ingersou
promptly signed check for $75 and handed 1t TO the
clerk The utmost penalty under the statute Is hne OF
$500 or twelve months imprisonment with hard labor
BOTH =.
Prosecutor Cutler came in in time to 20 nolle
prosequ In the of another indictment OF the defend
ant on identical charge.
Mr. REYNOLDS said TO a TRIBUNE reporter: don't
mean to give up. Oh. no! have too much good English
blood about give up shall prosecute my tour IN
spite of persecution My parents were English and |
have enough of English about me TO be buheaded, ana
enough of American to be defiant" go
"Nil you continue TO distribute your pamphlets "
"Why certainly. have just ordered another edition
of 2 600 at the 1TltthSeeeer Ofhce."